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And there is no more powerful force through which to do that than through education and know how.
除了通过教育和专业知识，没有什么更强大的东西能帮助你实现这一点。
I'm proud that LaGuardia and Goldman Sachs have teamed up to support small businesses.
我很自豪的是，拉瓜迪亚社区大学和高盛集团联手开展了对小企业的支持项目。
Through this partnership, I've seen how many LaGuardia students are juggling school, job and family.
通过这项合作，我也看到了有多少拉瓜迪亚社区大学的学生兼顾着学校，工作和家庭。
And, I've seen how these students and all of you push yourselves and persevere.
我也看到了这些同学，还有在座的所有人如何不断勉励自己，而且持之以恒下去。
By virtue of being here today, you have proven to yourself that you belong.
仅仅是今天能够出现在这里，你们已经证明了自己属于这里。
And now that you belong, feed off your ambition.
现在你们已经有了定位，接下来就去壮大自己的野心。
That means being focused, disciplined, demanding, self critical and open minded.
这意味着你应该专注、自律、严格，能够自我批判并有开放的心态。
Your challenges won't fall away. In fact, they may get steeper.
事实上，你们要面对的挑战不会消失，而会更加严峻。
That, my friends, is life. But just as the struggles are great, so are the rewards.
我的朋友们，这就是生活。但是奋斗越是艰辛，回报也会更加丰厚。
There's another way to look at it: ask yourself if you really have a choice.
还可以有另一个方式来看这个问题：问问你自己，你是不是真的有选择。
You already knew the answer to that question the day you walked into LaGuardia.
当你们走进拉瓜迪亚社区大学的那天，你们已经知道了这个问题的答案。
We owe it to our families and to ourselves to keep striving.
我们必须为了自己的家庭和自己而不断努力。
This is certainly not the easiest of economic times, but there's always an economic cycle.
现在显然不是最好的经济时期，但是经济总是有一个周期的。
In the course of the next 50 years of your life, you'll see a lot of cycles, and like this one, you'll get through it.
在你们未来人生的五十年里，你们会经历很多周期，和这次一样，你们能够顺利渡过。
Don't get caught up in unrealistic optimism or detached pessimism.
不要有任何不切实际的乐观或者是过分的悲观。
Still, a lot can change rapidly and with a lot of force.
尽管如此，世上还会发生许多不测，带来巨大影响。
Your security rests in knowing how to do a variety of things— and being able to do them better than others.
And that knowledge and ability can be obtained only through a willingness to strike out for something better.
而只有有了不断追求卓越的意愿，才能获得这些知识和能力。
That could mean changing careers or pushing for a new idea or strategy from your current one.
这可以是改变职业方向或者追求从目前职业中萌生的新想法、新策略。
In either case, push yourself to try something new and to grow with each move.
不管是哪种情况，你都应该逼迫自己尝试新的事物，在每一步中成长。
